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House Approves Bill to Create Jobs and Reduce Energy Costs
Jun 21, 2012
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The House of Representatives today passed legislation to reduce energy costs and spur economic growth and job creation. Congressman Lamar Smith (TX-21) supported the Domestic Energy and Jobs Act (H.R. 4480), which was approved by a vote of 248-163. The Act is a package of seven domestic energy produ...
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Making the Most of our Energy Resources
May 6, 2011
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By Congressman Lamar Smith Special to the Herald-Zeitung Americans are tired of the Obama Administration's energy policies that hinder domestic oil and natural gas production. This month, the House of Representatives plans to consider three bills to ensure that we make the most of our domestic ener...
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Smith Co-Sponsors Bill to Allow Energy Exploration in Alaska
Mar 29, 2011
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Congressman Lamar Smith today co-sponsored H.R. 49, legislation to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and create American jobs. This legislation would allow energy exploration in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) region, which would create up to 750,000 American jobs according to exp...
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Energy Solutions
Mar 16, 2011
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The recent surge in gas prices puts an added strain on families and small businesses already struggling in this difficult economic climate. To address our energy needs and decrease our dependence on foreign oil, there are steps the U.S. can take immediately to protect ourselves from future energy pr...
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Smith Co-Sponsors Legislation to Extend Offshore Leases
Mar 10, 2011
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Congressman Smith today co-sponsored the Lease Extension and Secure Energy (LEASE) Act of 2011, legislation to extend for one year the exploratory leases impacted by the Interior Department’s moratorium. Smith: “Offshore energy producers who operated responsibly in the Gulf have been unfairly forced...
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Smith Co-Sponsors Offshore Permitting Resolution
Mar 3, 2011
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Congressman Lamar Smith today co-sponsored a resolution directing the Secretary of the Interior to streamline the approval of drilling permit applications. This measure was introduced by Reps. Gene Green (TX-29) and Charles Boustany (LA-07). After last year’s oil spill in the Gulf, the Administratio...
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Smith, Issa Ask for Answers on Emissions Agreement
Apr 22, 2010
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House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa today asked nine auto CEOs to answer questions about the relationship between “secret negotiations” with the Obama Administration on setting greenhouse gas (GHG) emiss...
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White House Admits ‘Cap and Tax’ to Cost Families $1,761 a Year
Sep 16, 2009
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According to a recent CBS News report, the “Obama administration has privately concluded that a cap and trade law would cost American taxpayers up to $200 billion a year, the equivalent of hiking personal income taxes by about 15 percent.” “We now have proof that the White House accepts behind close...
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Smith Opposes ‘Cap and Trade’
Jun 29, 2009
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Congressman Lamar Smith today opposed the Cap and Trade energy bill known as the “American Clean Energy and Security Act” and said it was really a tax on all Americans. “The bill is expected to raise energy costs on American families by as much as $1,600 a year according to the non-partisan Congress...
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Smith: ‘Cap and Tax’ Punishes Every American
Jun 4, 2009
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This week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee, lead by Chairman Waxman (D-CA), passed its 900-page energy bill, bringing the controversial “cap-and-trade” scheme, also known as “cap and tax”, one step closer to reality. Independent researchers, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, and t...
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